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Thanks VC 👌

Thanks for dropping in Douglas! 😎

@@UKAviationMovies most welcome sir and cheers 😊👍

Amazing, thanks. So no broken runway lights this year... 😉

@@jr0815_aka_gulredrel ha ha no not this year dude 😂

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks Jennifer. This is the first time I've tried adding stills into my vids, really appreciate the comment 👍 It was an awesome display

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for the comment 👍

Thanks for the comment Johnny 🤘

I used to fly gliders and it's the same principal. If you watch the wings after the jet lands you can see the pilot putting slight control inputs in to keep the wings level. In a glider, if the wind was strong enough, you could keep the wings level even when it was stationary 👍

@@UKAviationMovies thank you

Just to add: it does topple over eventually. That’s what the curved elements on the wingtips are for: they allow the wing tip to rub along the runway without damaging the plane. The chase car folks then jump out, lift the plane up straight by hand and refit the stabiliser wheels that you can see falling off at the start of the initial takeoff run. It then taxis normally on all 4 gear (not landing gear: it only has two of those 😊)

100% :(

Yes, on take-off it was faintly reminiscent of the Vulcan howl. Very cool.

@@paulm749 True that!

So cool! 😎

100% with you on that. I often think the same thing when the B-2 is flying. It's gotta account for at least some UFO sightings, right?!

@@UKAviationMovies Of course.😊

Yeah, I used to do the Air Fetes with family when I was a kid. We live in Gloucestershire though so it was always a bit of a trek. We did manage to see the SR-71 returning from a mission into Mildenhall one time. Absolutely incredible. Great days bud, maybe the best!

@UKAviationMovies Yeah love the distance , we did Yorkshire, Mildenhall, Yorkshire same day. Early starts like that are not in my repotoir anymore 🤣

@Grid56 ha ha I know what you mean bud 😂

Man they really are! Dare I say fugly? 😂

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What ???

Thanks bud. I used a range of stuff, this video was shot on a Sony AX53 👍 Thanks for the comment

Definitely. Skills 😎

What a graceful aircraft. ❤

Right!? 😎

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Great comment! He sure got airborne fast 😎

That's the advantage of that huge wing. What a machine❤

The downside is that it's hard to land, like a glider it just wants to stay up.😊

@@Grid56 That dark angel is reluctant to come back to earth!

Thanks for the comment. It was a pretty unique moment! 😎

I thought the same thing 😎

Thanks Saint 👌

Thanks a lot my dude! 😎

I know right! A of a special one 😎

Thanks a lot Daf 👌 What a jet! 😎

I’m not sure but I hope

Just one display on Sunday from the QA at around 11am. It doesn't say which display they're flying but today (Friday) they flew the jet with the weapon load out 👍

@@UKAviationMovies I thought I heard they did both on Friday?

@@OSFGR4 nope, just the single today

Thankyou for your response

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I hope you know it's just "CF-18" not CF-188 ​@@UKAviationMovies

@@Boaris_JohnsonI tend to use official designations on my channel, perhaps I should have said CF-188A to be more accurate 😂

@@UKAviationMovies 🤣👍

@@Boaris_JohnsonThe official designation has always been CF-188

Got to be in the late 70s early 80s I’d have thought 🧐

It's such an awesome aircraft. Formidable in a fight I should think 😎

@@UKAviationMovies that is pretty cool especially the carnards and awesome stuff and most welcome, cheers 😎✨

Ahhh thanks Jennifer, thanks for the comment as always 👍

Ahh man I loved those Air Fetes. I started going a bit later than ‘87, but what a treat to see a Canadian Hornet back then! Good times 😎

@@UKAviationMovies they were fanatstic i first went in 1977 with my Granfather who was a ex Raf aircraft technician repairing Hurricanes during the Battle of britain at Biggin Hill,the range of aircraft back then was amazing it felt like being in the States for 2 days & seeing the Blackbird display was always the highlight of the shows,but seeing the latest Hornet display its still an amazing fighter

Thanks for that